Anisometropic amblyopia is a specific type of amblyopia (suppression of one eye). It occurs due to a significant difference in refractive error (nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism) between the two eyes. In this condition, one eye has a significantly different level of refractive error compared to the other eye, causing the brain to favor the eye…
What is vertical heterophoria? Vertical heterophoria (VH) is often a misdiagnosed condition. The person may suffer from uncontrolled headaches, dizziness, and get no relief on treatment. It is a condition of misalignment of eyes in a vertical plane. This misalignment can often be missed in routine eye exams due to its small size. It does…
The science of vision- How do our eyes work? Let’s make it as simple yet comprehensive as it can be for every little biologist or anybody who gets fascinated by the fact that these tiny yet paramount organs of vision are working and making us see the nature, our friends, the great architects, observe the…
Let’s give a quick overview before understanding the ultrastructure of extraocular muscles. These muscles of the eye help us attain binocular single vision and stereopsis of the image. Both the eyes have them and they work in synchronization with each other. They maintain the visual targets. It is an art to use both eyes at…
The word “uvea” is derived from Latin word “uva” which means grapes. If we remove sclera and observe the eye then its choroid appears to be grape shaped structure. Coats of the eyeball The eyeball has three coats: Uveal tract The uvea or uveal tract is the middle layer of the eyeball. It is highly…
It is said that there is more anatomy in per cubic centimeter in the orbit of eyeball than anywhere else in the body. But all we need is better explanation and easy way to grasp the knowledge to apply in the medicine. Lets discuss about the extraocular muscles and the movements they cause There are…
Retina is the innermost layer of eye. Beneath retina there is vitreous humor of the eye. Beneath choroid there is retina. There are 10 layers of retina. Retina has 2 parts. One is the pigmented part and the other one is neural part of retina: To grab the knowledge thoroughly it should always be in…
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